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president in primetime. donald trump takes a defiant victory lap promoting the flurry of drastic executive actions he's taken in his first six weeks in office and doubling down on his tariffs despite market turmoil. death and destruction. powerful storms tear across several southern states spawning tornadoes and toppling trees and power lines. and history on the hardwood. lebron james once again proves why he is king of the court. good morning. i'm michael george. we start with president donald trump's record-long address to a joint session of congress. over 100 minutes, he outlined his vision for his second term touching on immigration, national security, and the economy, and acknowledging his new tariffs could hurt americans. but he used his speech to attack his opponents, blame his predecessor, and air some old grievances. the speech was praised by his

fellow republicans and blasted by democrats, one of whom was removed from the chamber. cbs' natalie brand joins us from washington. natalie, good morning. so what's been the reaction to this speech so far? >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. you could see the party divisions on full display in the chamber last night with some democrats even walking out. republicans, meanwhile, said that they liked what they heard as president trump detailed what he described as swift and unrelenting action during the first six weeks of his second term and said his administration is just getting started. [ applause ] president donald trump got a rousing reception from republicans. >> america is back. >> reporter: from the democrats, there was dissent. texas congressman al green was escorted away just minutes into the president's speech. >> members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum. >> reporter: during his speech the president asked congress for

more funding of border security. >> americans expect congress to send me this funding without delay. >> reporter: he doubled down on cuts to the federal government. >> i imposed an immediate freeze on all federal hiring, a freeze on all new federal regulations, and a freeze on all foreign aid. >> reporter: following friday's clash, president trump played up a new letter from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> the letter reads, "ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible, to bring lasting peace closer." >> reporter: the president announced that one of the suspected planners behind the 2021 bombing attack that killed 13 u.s. service members outside kabul airport in afghanistan has been arrested. the economy was the main topic of the night. president trump defended putting new tariffs on imports from canada, mexico, and china, and he pledged to put reciprocal tariffs on other countries next month. >> tariffs are about making

america rich again and making america great again. there will be a little disturbance, but we're okay with that. >> reporter: michigan senator elissa slotkin delivered the democratic response. >> america wants change, but there's a responsible way to make change and a reckless way. >> reporter: a cbs news poll showed that a heavily republican audience approved of the president's speech. now following this speech, commerce secretary howard lutnick spoke to reporters on capitol hill last night and said the administration might modify the tariffs against canada and mexico. he didn't give details but said that it could happen as soon as today potentially, and said that the administration was speaking to canada and mexico all day tuesday. michael? >> all right. natalie brand in washington. thank you. well, a trade war with china during president trump's first term hit american farmers hard, and this time it could be even

worse. agricultural products accounts for a large portion of u.s. exports. then there are the cuts in foreign food aid produced by u.s. farmers which is already being felt in america's heartland. nikole killion reports from larned, kansas. >> reporter: john dryden's family has farmed in western kansas for more than a century. he grows wheat, corn, soybeans, and sorghum or milo. >> we switch to more corn dry land acres, knowing there's usually always a market for corn. >> reporter: you may grow corn instead of -- >> more corn than milo, yes. >> reporter: usaid's food for peace program has been suspended there is virtually no market for milo according to kim barnes. >> this is the milo that you're talking about. >> they make flour out of it. it goes into pet food, ethanol. you eat it. >> reporter: he's with the pawnee county co-op that

purchases grain from farmers including dryden. now instead of selling it he's storing it. >> when you're sitting here on 1.7 million bushels of milo, you kind of like to see it move on to the next step. especially when we have people in the world that are hungry. >> reporter: while this program is paused, what are you doing? >> well, right now i'm turning over every rock i can find. >> reporter: until he finds buyers, he's worried the co-op and the community may take a loss. >> the person downtown's not going to sell any furniture. the grocery stores are going to be affected. people just aren't going to buy. >> reporter: but dryden is still going to farm. >> we're throwing punches all the time basically. droughts, hailstorms, insects. this is just another punch. >> reporter: how many more punches can you take? >> i don't know. >> reporter: nikole killion, cbs news. powerful storms killed at least two people in mississippi and caused heavy damage in

several states. tornadoes ripped the roofs off buildings, uprooted trees, and toppled power lines in aida, oklahoma. the national weather service says the tornado was on the ground for almost four miles. powerful winds overturned tractor-trailers and damaged schools, apartment buildings, and businesses in texas. and mardi gras parades were moved up and shortened before high winds moved in. today nearly 40 million people from pennsylvania to florida are under a threat of severe weather. thunderstorms could become severe as they move into the carolinas this morning. the highest chance of severe storms will be in the eastern half of the carolinas and southern virginia midday and through the afternoon. the threat of damaging winds. the stormy weather is expected to move off the east coast this evening. the cdc says it's on the ground in texas responding to the growing measles outbreak. texas health officials are reporting nearly 160 cases of

the highly contagious virus since late january leading to 22 hospitalizations and the deaths -- the death of one child. cbs' karen hua reports from houston. >> reporter: officials in harris county, texas, are announcing updated vaccination locations, encouraging people to line up for protection from measles as cases rise in the state. >> right now is not the time for anybody to get overly excited. it is not the time for anybody to get scared. it is the time to get smart, consider your situation, and if you need to get vaccinated, get vaccinated. >> reporter: measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases. >> really your best protection against measles is to be vaccinated. >> reporter: one dose of the mmr vaccine is 93% effective. two doses, 97%. in the south plains region of texas, the measles have sickened nearly 160 people. most unvaccinated. a school-aged child that was not vaccinated died last week. >> there's this misconception that measles is the common cold,

it's just a fever and runny nose. it can actually be much more severe than that. it can cause severe lung infections, severe brain infections. >> reporter: with measles so contagious, the texas department of state health services expects additional cases in outbreak areas and nearby communities. dr. celine gounder says some older adults should take notice. >> if you were born after 1957 and got vaccinated before 1968 you may not have immunity from exposure to measles infection and may have received an older version of the vaccine that was not as effective. you are in a group that may want to get a booster particularly if you are in an area that is experiencing an active measles outbreak. >> reporter: and if you're not sure if you're immune to measles, try to track down your records. if you can't find them, dr. gounder says there's no harm in getting an extra dose of the vaccine to protect yourself. karen hua, cbs news, houston. nba superstar lebron james

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their ten-day mission stretched into nine months. butch wilmore and suni williams spoke with reporters from the international space station as they prepare to head home. cbs' danya bacchus has the story. >> reporter: nasa test pilots and astronauts suni williams and butch wilmore are ready to come home after being stranded aboard the international space station for more than nine months. the pair launched aboard the boeing "starliner" in june for what was billed as a ten-day mission. but the "starliner" had so many problems getting to the space station nasa ruled it too dangerous to carry anyone. it flew back to earth empty. they were delayed again when the new spacex capsule that was supposed to deliver their replacements took extra time to prepare. >> the hardest part is having the folks on the ground have to not know exactly when we're coming back. it's been a roller coaster for them probably a little more so than for us. >> reporter: the veteran flyers say for them spending time in space never gets old.

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